Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 vs W-2150B

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General info

Comparing Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rating362378
Value for moneyno data41.29
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon E5
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date5 June 2017 (5 years old)20 June 2016 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,702
Current priceno data$160 (0.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads2036
Base clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/s2 × 9.6 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)4.5 MB
L3 cache13.75 MB (shared)45 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data79 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)68 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data7200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
Socket2066FCLGA2011-3
Thermal design power (TDP)120 Watt145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit

Security technologies

Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size512 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels44
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2150B and Xeon E5-2697 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data40

Benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon W-2150B 16.21
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Xeon E5-2697 v4 15.74
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  • GeekBench 5 Single-Core
  • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 67%

Xeon W-2150B 20430
+3%
Xeon E5-2697 v4 19836

Xeon W-2150B outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v4 by 3% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

Xeon W-2150B 1302
+27.5%
Xeon E5-2697 v4 1021

Xeon W-2150B outperforms Xeon E5-2697 v4 by 28% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

Xeon W-2150B 7934
Xeon E5-2697 v4 7982
+0.6%

Xeon E5-2697 v4 outperforms Xeon W-2150B by 1% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 16.21 15.74
Recency 5 June 2017 20 June 2016
Boost clock speed 4500 2300
Base clock speed 3000 0
Thermal design power (TDP) 120 Watt 145 Watt

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Intel Xeon W-2150B
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Xeon E5-2697 v4

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